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Eliyahu Freedman

Agzaya’s fight to return to her children in Israel

Agzaya al-Karaan was separated from her 12 children after she was deported to Gaza [Al Jazeera]

Gaza Strip and Erez – Agzaya al-Karaan held her son Salameh in a tearful embrace moments after passing through the Beit Hanoun border crossing into Israel from Gaza. She was exhausted, worn out by worry and by her ordeal.

Three weeks ago, the 51-year-old was deported suddenly to the blockaded Gaza Strip after 32 years of living in Israel, leaving behind her 12 children, the youngest of whom is eight years old.

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